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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 11:38 PM Feb 2015

Could squirmy livestock dent africa's protein deficit?

Could squirmy livestock dent africa's protein deficit?

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Two graduate students are working to introduce highly productive kits for farming mealworms to regions such as sub-Saharan Africa where eating insects is already culturally palatable. They are just practicing what they are beginning to preach: insects, and mealworms in particular, are an overlooked, healthful, economically viable and sustainable source of nutrition for people.

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